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Nobel Peace Prize:

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist,
inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry,
Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature since March 1901. It has been awarded
annually (with some exceptions) to those who have "done the most or the best work for
fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding
and promotion of peace congresses".

Nobel Prizes 2016

# Field Winner(s) Contribution

1. Physics David J. Thouless, Theoretical discoveries of topological phase

F.Duncan M. Haldane, transitions and topological phases of matter

J.Michael Kosterlitz

2. Chemistry Jean-Pierre Sauvage, The design and synthesis of molecular machines

Sir J. Fraser Stoddart,
Bernard L. Feringa

3. Physiology Yoshinori Ohsumi Discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy

or
Medicine

4. Literature Bob Dylan Created new poetic expressions within the great
American song tradition

5. Peace Juan Manuel Santos Efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-
Prize long civil war to an end

In addition to the above five awards, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 is awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom "for their
contributions to contract theory".
Note: The 2017 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the first week of October 2017.

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Oscar Awards:
The Academy Awards now known officially as The Oscars is a set of twenty-four awards for
artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements
as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded
a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", which has become
commonly known by its nickname "Oscar". The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS.

# Awards Winner(s) Movie

1. Manchester
Best Actor Casey Affleck
by the Sea

2. Best Actress Emma Stone La La Land

3. Best Director Damien Chazelle La La Land

4. Adele Romanski,
Best Picture Dede Gardner, Moonlight
and Jeremy

5. Best Supporting
Mahershala Ali Moonlight
Actor

6. Best Supporting
Viola Davis Fences
Actress

7. Best Original Manchester

Kenneth Lonergan
Screen Play by the Sea

8. Best Adapted Barry Jenkins &

Moonlight
Screenplay Tarell Alvin McCraney

9. Byron Howard,
Best Animated
Rich Moore, & Zootopia
Feature Film
Clark Spencer

10. Best Documentary Ezra Edelman &

O.J: Made in America
Feature Caroline Waterlow

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# Awards Winner(s) Movie

11. Orlando Von

Best Documentary
Einsiedal The White Helmets
Short Subject
& Joanna Natasegara

12. Best Live Action Kristof Deak &

Sing
Short Film Anna Udvardy

13. Best Live Animated Alan Barillaro &

Piper
Short Film Marc Sondheimer

14. Best Original

Justin Hurwitz La La Land
Score

15. Music By – Justin

Hurwitz City of Stars
Best Original Song
Lyric By – Benj Pasek from La La Land
& Justin Paul

16. Best Sound

Sylvain Bellemare Arrival
Editing

17. Kalvin O’Connell,

Best Sound Andy Wright,
Hacksaw Ridge
Mixing Robert Mackenzie
& Peter Grace

18. David Wasco &

Best production
Sandy Reynolds La La Land
Design
Wasco

19. Best
Linus Sandgren La La Land
Cinematography

20. Alessandro Bertolazzi,

Best Makeup
Giorgio Gregorini & Suicide Squad
& Hairstyling
Christopher Nelson

21. Fantastic Beasts

Best Costume
Colleen Atwood and Where to
Design
Find Them

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# Awards Winner(s) Movie

22. Best Film

John Gilbert Hacksaw Ridge
Editing

23. Robert Legato,

Best Visual Adam Valdez,
The Jungle Book
Effects Andrew R. Jones
& Dan Lemmon

24. Best Live Action Kristof Deak &

Sing
Short Film Anna Udvardy

National Film Awards:

The National Film Awards was established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the
International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's
Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the
award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is
followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are
screened for the public.

The 64th National Film Awards is to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The
awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2017.

# Award Awardee(s)

1. Best Popular Film Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)

Providing Wholesome Entertainment

2. Best stunt choreography Peter Hein

3. Best Children’s Film Dhanak (Hindi)

4. Best Direction Rajesh (Ventilator)

5. Best Film on social issue Pink (Hindi)

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# Award Awardee(s)

6. Best Actor Akhay Kumar (Rustom)

7. Best Actress Surabhi Lakshmi

(Minnaminungu-Malayalam)

8. Best Supporting Actress Zaira Wasim (Dangal)

9. Best Child Artist Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam),

Saj (Noor Islam),
Manohara (Railway Children)

10. Best Male Playback Singer Sundara Iyer (Joker)

11. Best Female Playback Singer Iman Chakraborty (Thume jaake)

12. Best Screenplay (original) Syam Pushkaran (Maheshinte

Prathikaram)

13. Best Screenplay (adapted) Sanjay Krishnaji patel

(Dashakriya)

14. Best Editing Rameshwar (Ventilator)

15. Sound designer Jayadevan (Kaadu Pookunna

Neram)

16. Best production design 24

17. Best Costume Designer Sachin (Marathi film)

18. Best Environmental film including The Tiger who crossed the line
agriculture

19. Best Make-up Artist MK Ramakrishna

20. Best Music Direction Babu Padmanabha (Kannada

Lama)

21. Special Mention Kadvi Hawa Mukthi bhava

(Hindi)

22. Special Jury award Mohanlal for Pulimurugan,

Janatha Garage and
Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol

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# Award Awardee(s)

23. Special Mention Hero- A.Hussain (Mukti Bhawan)

Heroine- Sonam kapoor (Neerja)

24. Best Film Friendly state Jharkhand

Best feature films in regional languages

# Movie Language

1. Madipur Tulu

2. Joker Tamil

3. Wrongside Raju Gujarati

4. Pelli Chupulu Telugu

5. Dashakriya Marathi

6. Bisarjan Bengali

7. Maheshinte Prathikaram Malayalam

8. Ke Sara Sara Konkini

9. Reservation Kannada

10. Neerja Hindi

Bharat Ratna Award:

 The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
 Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional
service/performance of the highest order", in the arts, literature, science, and public
services, any field of human endeavor.
 The recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the
President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year.
 Recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–
shaped medallion; there is no monetary grant associated with the award.

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 The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954.
 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pakistan) and Nelson Mandela (South Africa) are the only two
non-indian citizens to have received the Bharat Ratna Award. Mother Teresa born in
Skopje (now the capital of the Republic of Macedonia) and she got Indian Citizenship.
 On 24 December 2014, the Indian government announced the award to independence
activist Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. (After that no one has been awarded Bharat Ratna)

Padma Vibhushan:

 The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India,
preceded by Bharat Ratna and followed by Padma Bhushan.
 Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished
service”. The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by
Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but excludes those working with
the public sector undertakings.
 On 25 January 2017, the award was conferred upon seven recipients; Murli Manohar
Joshi, Sharad Pawar, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Jaggi Vasudev, K. J. Yesudas and
posthumously on Sunder Lal Patwa and P. A. Sangma.

Padma Bhushan:

 The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded
by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.
 Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high
order".The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by
Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but excludes those working with
the public sector undertakings.

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2017 Padma Bhushan Winners:

# Recipient Field State

1. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Arts Rajasthan

2. Deviprasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh

3. Ratnasundarsuri Spirituality & Social issues Gujarat

4. Niranjanananda Saraswati Yoga Bihar

5. Cho Ramaswamy Literature & Education Tamil Nadu

6. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Literature & Education Thailand

7. Tehemton Erach Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra

8. Cho Ramaswamy Literature & Education Tamil Nadu

Padmashree:

Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after
the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the
Government of India, it is announced every year on India's Republic Day.

(Visit the link for the list of Padma Award winners)

Arjuna Award:

The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to
recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. Instituted in 1961, the award carries a
cash prize of ₹ 500,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.

2017 Arjuna Award Winners

# Sport Winner

1. Archery Jyothi Surekha Vennam

2. Badminton No one was awarded in 2017

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# Sport Winner

3. Athletics Khushbir Kaur

Arokia Rajiv

4. Athletics(Para Athlete) Mariyappan Thangavelu

Varun Bhati

5. Basketball Prashanti Singh

6. Boxing Devendro Laishram

7. Cricket Cheteshwar Pujara (Men)

Harmanpreet Kaur (Women)

8. Football OinamBembemDevi (Women)

9. Golf SSP Chawrasia

10. Hockey S.V.Sunil

11. Kabaddi Jasvir Singh

12. Lawn Tennis Saketh Myneni

13. Shooting PN Prakash

14. Table Tennis Anthony Amalraj

15. Wrestling Satyawart Kadian

National Bravery Award:

The National Bravery Awards are a set of awards given annually to about 25 Indian children for
"meritorious acts of bravery against all odds." The awards are given by the Government of India
and the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). The award was instituted in 1952.

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In 2016 Government of India awarded Bharat Award to Tarah Peju (Posthumous) for saving her
friends from drowning, but failed to manage herself and Bapu Gaidhani Award to Tushar Verma
for Risking his life to rescue elderly neighbor couple with their three cows and two bulls when
the house began to burn. (2017 yet to be announced)

Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)

The Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour,
courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

Hangpan Dada is the posthumosly awarded Ashoka award for 2016 year.

Param Vir Chakra:

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the displaying
distinguished acts of valor during wartime. The name of the award translates as the "Wheel of
the Ultimate Brave". PVC is equivalent to the Medal of Honor in the United States and the
Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom.

(Visit the link for the list of Param Vir Chakra Award winners)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna:

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games is the highest sporting honour of the
Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The
recipient(s) is/are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and is honoured for their
"spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years"
at international level.

Devendra Jhajharia (Indian Paralympic javelin thrower) and Sardara Singh (Hockey Player) are
the recipients of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2017.

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Sahitya Akademi Award:

The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's
National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of
literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages.The plaque awarded by the Sahitya
Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray.

Nasira Sharma won Sahitya Akademi Award for Parijat (Hindi) for the year 2016.

(Visit the link for more details)

Dronacharya Award:
The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in
Sports and Games is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by
the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by
the Ministry and are honoured to have done "outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent
basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in international events" over a period of four years.

2017 Dronacharya Award Winners

Name Sport

R.Gandhi Athletics

Heera Nand Kataria Kabaddi

G.S.S.V.Prasad Badminton

Brij Bhushan Mohanty Boxing

P.A.Raphel Hockey

Sanjoy Chakraverthy Shooting

RoshanLal Wrestling

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Filmfare Awards:
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and
technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare
ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the
same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards or
The Clares after Clare Mendonca, the editor of The Times of India. A dual voting system was
developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are
decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both
the public and a committee of experts.

Vir Chakra:
Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. It
replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished
Flying Cross (DFC).

(Visit the link for more details)

Gandhi Peace Prize:

The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by
the Government of India.

As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the Government of India launched the
International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of
Mohandas Gandhi. This is an annual award given to individuals and institutions for their
contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and
other Gandhian methods.

Last awardee(s) is ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).

(Visit the link for more details)

Police Medal (India):

The Police Medal is a decoration awarded to members of law enforcement in India. Established
1 March 1951, the medal was created to replace the Indian Police Medal. The medal is awarded

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for either gallantry or distinguished service, with the gallantry version of the medal being
accorded a higher precedence. The medal is awarded annually on Republic Day and
Independence Day.

Indira Gandhi Prize:

The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to
individuals or organisations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international
peace, development and a new international economic order.

Last awardee(s) is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015).

Tagore Award:

The Tagore Award is an award given in commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) for cultural harmony. Established in 2011 by
Government of India, it is given for outstanding achievement in fostering harmony and
universalism and values of cultural harmony especially in conflict or extreme situations through
innovative systems/strategies and which have an enduring and transformational impact.

Last awardee(s) is Zubin Mehta, Western classical conductor in 2013

International Indian Film Academy Awards:

The International Indian Film Academy Awards (also known as the IIFA Awards) are a set of
awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and
technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in
2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world.

Saraswati Samman Award:

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any
22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian
goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.

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The Winner of Saraswati Samman award 2016 is Mahabaleshwar Sail for his "Hawthan"(Novel)
in Konkani Language. (2017 yet to be announced)

Vyas Samman Award:

The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. To be eligible for the
award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10
years.

2017- Rishabh Jain for his autobiography 'aadhe adhure' , 18 year old boy youngest recipient of
VYAS SAMMAN, honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jnanpith Award
The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to
an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is
bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to
the Constitution of India and English,[a] with no posthumous conferral.

In 2016 Shankha Ghosh received Jnanpith Award for his literart work in Bengali. (2017 yet to be
announced)

Moortidevi Award
The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith
organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.

In 2016, MP Veerendrakumar received for his Hymavathabhoovil in Malayalam. (2017 yet to be

announced)

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